CVE-2026-19970

Medium

Description

A vulnerability was detected in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 17c12da. This affects the function Assimp::MDLImporter::AddBonesToNodeGraph_3DGS_MDL7 of the file code/AssetLib/MDL/MDLLoader.cpp of the component Node Parser. The manipulation of the argument bones_num results in heap-based buffer overflow. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit is now public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.3
Exploit probability—
ProductAssimp
PublishedAug 17, 2026
First seenAug 17, 2026

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
assimp assimp17c12da—

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